Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-24
000117597
Contested design: 004014124-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered Community design No 004014124-0001 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l’encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 004014124-0001 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais de la titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lidl Nederland GmbHvia PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Huizermaatweg 45, 1273 NA Huizen, Pays-Bas
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Morel S.A.S. à associé uniquevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Zi rue Blaise Pascal, 39000 Lons-Le-Saunier, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (10)
shade sail with a decorative light source
WO 2017 220 886 · PCT publication · disclosed 2017-12-28
square shade sail
Amazon
square shade sail
ASIN B008041FHA · Amazon.de
square shade sail
RCD 000872056-0009
square shade sail
RCD 000177407-0001
square shade sail
square shade sail
RCD 001055461-0003
square shade sail
Amazon
square shade sail
catalog
square shade sail
catalog
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested design lacked novelty and individual character and that its essential features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›It relied on a patent application, Amazon listings, catalog extracts, and earlier registered designs to attack the shape, dotted lighting pattern, and construction details.
- ›The holder replied that the design claimed a visually distinctive luminous shade sail, and that the cited disclosures were either unproven or created a different overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division found technical exclusivity unproven, accepted only some prior disclosures, found no identity or same overall impression, rejected the application, and awarded costs to the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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